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"I do wish to treat with the General," said Desmit, thinking he saw a chance to put in a favorable word. "An' d'ye hear that, b'ys? Shure the gintleman wants to thrate the Gineral. Faith it'll be right glad the auld b'y'll be of a dhrap of somethin' good down here in the pine woods."
And what was in it? asked the doctor, suspiciously, in an unprecedented manner beginning the cross-examination before the direct was concluded. "'Only a wee dhrap of medicine, sur, said Pat. 'Me cousin was afeared I had the influenzys, an' gave it to me for it. "'Go on, said doctor, with a smile.
"Dhrap it!" shouted Mr Button, springing from the barrel as if someone had stuck an awl into him. "Where'd you find it? What d'you mane by touchin' it? Give it here." He took it gingerly in his hands; it was a lichen-covered skull, with a great dent in the back of it where it had been cloven by an axe or some sharp instrument. He hove it as far as he could away amidst the trees.
Neither had been endured long enough seriously to enfeeble them or render a full meal very dangerous, but the thirst had been much the hardest to be borne. Of this fact Biddy soon gave audible evidence. "The mate is good," she said, "and the bread tastes swate and refreshing, but wather is a blessed thing. Can you no give us one dhrap of the wather that falls from heaven, Mr.
"Yet the tumbler full would be a great blessing for us all, just now," murmured Mrs. Budd. "And is n't mutthon good 'atin', ladies! Och! if I had but a good swate pratie, now, from my own native Ireland, and a dhrap of milk to help wash it down!
But nature was stronger than reflection in Mrs. Budd and Biddy, and the latter spoke again, after a pause of near a quarter of an hour. "Pray for me, Missus," she said, moaningly, "that I may sleep. A bit of sleep would do a body almost as much good as a bit of bread I won't say as much as a dhrap of wather."
"I wouldn't touch a dhrap of annything he has, let alone give it to a sick friend," was William's reply. So Sam went for the brandy and was back with it in half an hour. "Here now, Caleb," said William, "drink that now an' ye'll feel better," and as he offered the cup he felt a little reviving glow of sympathy for his former comrade.
Only a word or two passed between them, but as they neared the second story a light suddenly streamed out through the opened door of a room at their left. Mrs. Murphy greeted them at the landing, and for the first time saw the girl's weary white face, her eyes filled with appeal, and the warm Irish heart responded instantly. "Ye poor little lamb; it's the bid ye want, an' a dhrap o' whiskey.
Shortly after midnight Anna went over to see how things were at the wake. They told her of the singing of the children, of the beautiful chapther by Misther Gwynn, and the "feelin'" by Graham Shannon. The whey was sufficient and nearly everybody had "a dhrap o' th' craither" and a bite of fadge.
"Poor little thing!" said Annorah; "ye're pale as a lily. Is there a dhrap o' anything ye would like, and then slape a bit?" "I will try to sleep." "But ye cannot kape still. The pain is shure too great. Let me carry you about a little." "No, no; it would tire you," said Annie, who in her spasm of pain really longed for so novel a method of changing her position.
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